HC denies relief to man over 'objectionable' cartoons
The Madhya Pradesh High Court denied anticipatory bail to Hemant Malviya, an amateur cartoonist, accused of posting offensive cartoons of PM Modi and RSS members on social media. The court deemed it a blatant abuse of free speech. A local lawyer a...
By PTI |
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Indore: The Madhya Pradesh HC has refused to grant anticipatory bail to a man accused of uploading objectionable cartoons of PM Narendra Modi and RSS workers on social media, saying it was a gross misuse of freedom of speech.
An FIR was registered against Hemant Malviya, a city-based amateur cartoonist, at Lasudiya police station here in May on the complaint of local lawyer and RSS worker Vinay Joshi.
An FIR was registered against Hemant Malviya, a city-based amateur cartoonist, at Lasudiya police station here in May on the complaint of local lawyer and RSS worker Vinay Joshi.
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